Fishing information for Lake Lewisville in Denton County, Texas, including documented fish, lake facts, access planning, cover, and official regulations sources.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Lake Lewisville offers a useful choice between bridge crappie and open-water white bass. Rather than carry every presentation to every stop, choose which fish you want to pursue first and rig for the depth and cover involved.
A small crappie jig can be lowered beside a piling and held nearly still. Begin above the cover and work down to it. Standing timber elsewhere in the lake gives you a second structural target if a bridge is crowded or unproductive.
Hybrids use humps and ridges in Hickory Creek and the main lake. A spoon or shad-pattern soft bait can be counted down to a located school. Summer white bass activity may be visible at the surface; cast beyond the edge of the feeding fish instead of placing the boat over them.
| Water | Lake Lewisville |
|---|---|
| State | Texas |
| County | Denton |
| Surface area | 29,592 acres |
| Maximum depth | 67 feet |
| Storage capacity | 598,902 acre-feet (TWDB reservoir profile; conservation pool at elevation 522 feet; not current stored water) |
| Impounded | 1954 |
The old Lake Dallas portion is a recognized catfish area within today’s reservoir. Try cut bait for blue catfish or prepared bait for channels, placing the rig near a depth change. Lewisville’s 1954 impoundment on the Elm Fork Trinity encompasses more than one useful fishing landscape, even when the shoreline looks uniform from a distance.
17 public or commercial access facilities are listed for Lake Lewisville. Listed facilities include parking at 17 sites, restrooms at 12 sites, courtesy docks at 6 sites, ADA access at 12 sites, and camping at 6 sites.
Useful fishing structure documented around Lake Lewisville includes standing timber and pondweed.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.